One of the most challenging things to bake for a crowd is navigating different dietary restrictions. If a loved one is gluten free, it can sometimes be scary to customize a recipe so that it tastes not so good without adding extra ingredients or steps.
When it comes to comfort foods, we can always count on Giada De Laurentiis to get easy recipes that never use shortcuts for flavor. Her recipe for lemon poppy seed cake, which recently reappeared on Instagram, happens to be gluten-free. And that means you do not have to rethink the wheel or bake two separate cakes, because this recipe will please everyone and everyone.
Giada gives her personal promise that this recipe will not taste a substitute for the right thing. On her website she writes that ‘when I first started eating and testing this cake, it was not gluten free – I just wanted a recipe for the perfect lemon poppy seed cake. ‘But when Giada started adapting her recipe for her Aunt Dina’s birthday, she’ actually started liking this version more than the original. ‘
An added bonus? The ingredients used in Giada’s gluten-free recipe not only make this cake more delicious, but also more nutritious. This means that what you are actually going to enjoy is a dessert that is ‘innocent’.
The complete list of ingredients for this cake may seem daunting at first, but you probably have most of it in your kitchen pantry on hand. It contains some of our favorite things to mix into pastries: almond flour and Greek yogurt. Even better? There are only three steps in this recipe with one bowl: Mix all your ingredients, pour the batter into a bread pan and bake!
Giada also has a glaze with three ingredients that you can drip over your cake once it is out of the oven (and cooled). Few things in life are better than a slice of cake, accompanied by a cup of coffee or tea in the afternoon. Discover for yourself when you fall in love with this recipe from one of our favorite chefs on the first bite.
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